I own a ’06 Hyundai Getz GLX ABS, running on the Turanzas and doing pretty good with 30,000 kms on board so far. Now, we all want to buy a new car, we are a family of 4. The Getz was good enough for 4 but when with 5 it got a tad uncomfortable with real lack of space. Plus, what I never liked was Hyundai’s after sales and service and the quality of parts. The interior plastics were cheap, the ac not strong enough to cool the entire cabin( even after getting the sun control film on), the suspension too soft for city and highway drives, with jerks literally slamming us all over the place. This was our major complaint, but we have been persisting with it all along. Apart from this, the below par mileage in city which always used to be around 8 to 10kpl. Highway drives gave around 15 but again, never frequent them much!
A few good points included the pickup and the smooth engine. But again, it lacked airbags and ebd, although alloys came as standard which was really great. Handling also is pretty good but is there any car which betters the Getz??
Circa 09, a lot of cars to debut in the coming years, making up my mind, I went to Apex Honda at Santacruz(w) and test drove the Jazz. I was bowled over by the awesome interiors, the cool instrument cluster, the space( just 50mm lesser than the city) and the huge boot. The magic seats are also great but I have used something like that in my Getz which also had foldable rear seats. The engine felt peppy and it was so easy to flick it through the traffic. The supple clutch and the short throw gearbox made things so much easier. Add to it the Honda tag and reliability bonus which I simply love. Next up, drove a friends new City, same awesomeness but apart from the little more space inside the car, the interior of the Jazz felt much better than the City’s. The dashboard, the quality of plastic felt much better and the one on the City felt a little cheap( the dash and the ac knobs) although not so by Honda standards. Plus the lack of cd player worried me a little bit.
After all this, I was back driving my Getz and it was a completely different experience. I found the clutch hard, the pickup less( had got the car back from service couple of days back!), the Hondas had charmed me completely. So we decided that no more scouting around, right away booking a Honda but the dilemma remains which one!
The Jazz has better interior quality, the City has little more space, the Jazz has a cd player system, the City it will be extra for fitting one, both have great engines and suspension and ground clearance. The topic of debate is price..
The Jazz(mode and active) are priced 8.5L and throw in alloys and fog lamp it comes down to around 65k more, as Honda charges nearly 13k for 1 alloy and 15k for the foglamps. The alloy I mean is the one which comes with the City top variant and looks superb. One surprising thing was Honda aint giving standard things like mudflaps, they have to be bought extra!! Same for the body protector strips. This applies for the City and the Jazz.
The City top variant, the V MT comes fully loaded(sans cd player) for 10.32L a price difference of 1.32, for which I get 300cc more, 28bhp more, and a proper boot space.
Now in city traffic, I always found my Getz to be handy at places where sedans couldn’t cut through simply because of its size. I found the Jazz nimble enough to perform the same thing but the city was good too! Adding to my confusion..
I have been reading ownerships report of the Jazz by cpyder and biju. Really love the car, the last thing on my mind is the price. I really hope Honda reduce it by a lac and even they know it. Or for that price include alloys as standard. If they do it, am really awaiting. Else the car purchase remains on hold and inquiring with other dealers with pricing.
Thats why need everybodys inputs and opinions regd both the cars side by side with regards to everything…ride quality, suspension etc etc. Let this thread also serve the purpose of helping out members who want to buy the Jazz but what is it that doesnt convince them enough!
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Cheers,
Mehul.